unknown A320 at Berlin on Mar 22nd 2020, engine shut down instead of flaps reduced

Last Update: May 27, 2020 / 16:39:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 22, 2020

Classification
Incident

Aircraft Registration
HB-IJQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A so far unknown Airbus A320-200, unknown flight from Berlin (Germany) to an unknown destination, was in the initial climb out of one of Berlin's airports when the pilot flying ordered the flaps to be set to position 1. The pilot monitoring, instead of operating the flaps lever, however shut the left hand engine down causing loss of thrust. The left engine was restarted and the aircraft continued to destination for a safe landing without further incident.

Germany's BFU reported in their March Bulletin the occurrence happened on Mar 22nd 2020 at 20:40L (19:40Z). The investigation was delegated to the state of the operator.

According to radar data only one A320-200 operated out of Berlin within an hour before or past the provided time stamp: Swiss A320-200 registration HB-IJQ performing flight LX-979 departed Berlin Tegel on their flight to Zurich (Switzerland). However, the time stamps in the BFU monthly bulletins have proven notoriously unreliable in the past. So far Switzerland's SUST have not indicated they have opened an investigation into this occurrence.

On Mar 22nd 2020 HB-IJQ accelerated during the previous flight LX-978 from Zurich to Berlin slowly until climbing through about 3000 feet AGL. The climb profile out of Berlin is similiar to the profile out of Zurich, however, differs significantly from any other A320 departing the same Berlin runway that day.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
HB-IJQ
Country of Registration
Switzerland
Date of Registration
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Airworthyness Category
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Legal Basis
TCDS Ident. No.
Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A320-214
ICAO Aircraft Type
A320
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
Max. Operational Passenger Seating Capacity (MOPSC), indicative
Minimum Crew
Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
Engine Count
Engine
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 22, 2020

Classification
Incident

Aircraft Registration
HB-IJQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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